November 8th.

The Freiburg team returned to the town at noon, and Sunset didn't go to the club to get acquainted with each other, but trained at her own pace.

Instead, it was Streich who called him through an interpreter to meet him in the afternoon.

Streich's early career as a player was not very successful, having been in charge of Freiburg's Under-19s since '95, winning the German Youth Club Cup in '06, '08 and '11, and winning the Under-19 Championship in '09. He succeeded Marcus Sorg as Freiburg's first-team champion at the end of '11, and in the first half of the 11-12 season in a very bad situation (only 3 wins in 17 games and 13 points), he finally led the team to 40 points in half a season to avoid relegation, and has been in charge of Freiburg ever since.

Even after being relegated from the Bundesliga last season, Freiburg's management and fans did not think about changing coaches, but many big clubs took the opportunity to play Streich's idea.

Sunset's choice of Freiburg over Hoffenheim was almost entirely for Streich. In addition to Streich's modern style of attacking and holistic and team-wide high pressing, another eye-catching thing is his ability to tap the potential of players, especially young players. From Caligiuri, Schmid, Ginter and Bowman brought out by Streich from the U19s, to Philip, Kempf and Schworov in the current team, young people have been carved and shaped under him and stepped onto a bigger stage.

Sunset had a phone call with Sven Mislintat before she arrived, and it was a very brief phone call, mainly because Streich expressed his desire for Sunset to join him, promising to give Sunset some opportunities.

Sunset thought that she would not see Streich until the next day, but she didn't expect to be asked by him to meet the team during the holiday, and rushed to the club accompanied by Lu Bin with some excitement and apprehension.

As they made their way to the club, Streich and a gray-haired old man stood on the sidelines of the training pitch chatting and waiting for the sunset, while Ralph Vosler prepared some equipment on the sidelines.

“… There is no problem with the Chinese players, they are more physically born than the Japanese players, and they are also very studious. The problem is that their youth philosophy and their football managers are very eager and stupid, resulting in a lack of tactical awareness and opportunities to play, and poor off-ball ability... There is also the problem that they have very talented players, but they are either arrogant and arrogant, or they lack character and imagination. But it's not the player's fault, their managers have no scruples about conniving or suppressing them for their own selfish interests, which leads to these problems, and the players themselves are still very humble and studious..."

An old man with a standard Western appearance, in standard German, was introducing the situation of Chinese football to Schreich, and Guan Jian also spoke very profoundly.

If it is a veteran Chinese fan who is present, he will recognize the old man at a glance, Eckhard Crawford. He once led the Huaguo national youth team to play in the world youth field in 05 years, and that national youth team was a rare team that played beautifully and achieved good results in the world arena. It is not difficult to understand how he is so familiar with Chinese football and youth players.

Streich, whose scalp was messy and in good shape, did not blindly follow after hearing what Crouchen said, but asked curiously:

"But I've seen the video of his game, his off-ball movement and receivership, and his tactical awareness is pretty good, so that's why I agreed to Keller's proposal. We're just a small club and we don't have to buy a player for market influence. ”

The tall and thin man who was helping Assistant Coach Wosler prepare the equipment also heard Streich's words, and when he opened his mouth to say something, he was interrupted by Crowchen, and then hesitated and didn't say anything more, and continued to be busy.

Crouchen had been prepared for Streich's question, and after listening to him, he replied aloud:

"You're asking the right question. I have a player Xiao Zhi who was teammates at his previous club, and I called him after you called me, so I know very well. ”

"Yu's youth training was actually done in Ukran and he was 8 to 14 years old at a club in Odessa and only went back to China for just over a year, so you don't have to think of him as a pure Chinese player. And he was already very good during his time at Uklan, winning the top scorer at the age of 14 when he played for the Under-16s. Xiao told me that Yu was a very good young player, running a lot and training very hard. My only concern is the introversion of the Chinese players, and the lack of personality makes it impossible for him to integrate with the team. ”

While talking, Sunset and Lu Bin rushed to the training ground, seeing Sunset's hairstyle and dress that were no different from those of young Germans, and they didn't care about their German stumbling, and loudly greeted and chatted with the base doorman Old Fergt, Streich couldn't help but glance at Krauchen, which is called introversion?...

Sunset feigns her composure and asks Streich to say hello, then waits for his next step.

"Uh, this is Coach Crowchen, don't you recognize?"

Sunset immediately knew who it was, and respectfully greeted Streich before explaining:

"I know the name of Coach Crawford very well, and the time he led the team was the best performance of our Huaguo Guoqing, but I was only 7 years old at the time..."

Sunset doesn't need a translator to speak directly to Streich in German, which surprises and delights Streich, even though he is not fluent. Tell Sunset that the first thing to do when she comes to him is to get to know him and communicate with him in advance. The second is that the coaching staff should test his speed, strength, etc., so that the coach can better understand his characteristics.

When it came time to take the test, Sunset froze, and called out Jankovsky's name without waiting for an introduction.

A smile appeared on the corner of Yankovsky's mouth, and after shaking Sunset's hand and saying hello, he explained to his colleagues:

"Before I came to the team, I was introduced by Mr. Mislintat, and I did tactical guidance for Yu, and we met in Huaguo..."

It turned out that after returning to Germany, Jankovski was recommended to Freiburg by Mislingtat to become the tactical coach of the Freiburg team.

This makes Sunset especially happy, and despite Jankovski's rigid coach, it's always nice to have an acquaintance at a new club in a foreign country.

The Freiburg coaching staff was surprised to hear this, even in Germany, it is rare for a young player to take the initiative to go to a coach for a make-up lesson. After hearing this, Streich and assistant coach Wosler increased their favorability points a lot.

Then in the speed and fitness tests, Sunset continues to surprise them.

11.2 seconds for 100 meters, 7 seconds for 60 meters... After a series of good results, the coaches were reinforced, and after Streich and Sunset meticulously completed the recovery maneuvers, they called everyone to the office to chat, and through the conversation, Sunset learned about Freiburg's tactical system.

Sunset hasn't encountered this kind of communication between the coach and the players yet, but fortunately, she has done enough homework, at least on the surface, she can still tell some routines.

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"Aside from being a little thin, I'm starting to like this kid a little..."

After Sunset, Krauchen, and Jankovsky left, Wosler spoke.

Streich nodded and said:

"It's a bit of a surprise, look back at the performance on the court..."

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